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Study information

Scientific title

Evaluation of a cognitive behavioural treatment programme for children with chronic abdominal pain: a ranomised controlled trial

Acronym

STOPCAP

Study hypothesis

The main goal of the study is to investigate if the cognitive behavioural treatment ('Stop the Pain') is able to decrease the frequency and intensity of pain symptoms as well as to increase the quality of life as compared to 'wait-list-controls' (control group [CG]). The main hypothesis is that the treatment group (EG) will experience an improvement in pain-related coping skills and pain-related cognitions in comparison to the CG.

All primary and secondary outcomes will be measured at baseline, post-interventions and 3-month follow-up.

Overall trial start date

01/08/2008

Overall trial end date

31/12/2009

Reason abandoned

Eligibility

Participant inclusion criteria

1. Age: 8-12 years, either sex2. Informed consent (parent and children) to participate in the study3. Children must have suffered from abdominal pain for at least three months4. Pain occurs frequently (once a week), episodes of pain are severe enough to affect the child's activities

Participant type

Patient

Age group

Child

Gender

Both

Target number of participants

28

Participant exclusion criteria

1. Previous participation in a similar intervention for chronic abdominal pain (CAP)2. CAP as a consequence of psychiatric disorders (e.g. depression, anxiety disorder)